Inside the dark hall, only a few clusters of ghostly blue light rose from the walls, barely dispelling some of the darkness.
Ye Yun, holding the Divine Blessing Jade and the Immortal's Jade in one hand and the Windstorm Sword in the other, was fully armed, wary that this might be a trap.
Before long, he reached the center of the hall and saw the formation patterns emitting residual light before him, and a graceful figure trapped within a blood-red sphere of light.
"Hong Ling?"
Ye Yun called out tentatively, but received no response, causing him to frown.
Within the blood-red sphere, Hong Ling's dress was disheveled. Her exposed shoulders and neck glistened with sweat, the fabric clinging to her body, revealing a breathtaking sight.
She knelt on the ground as if soulless, motionless, yet Ye Yun could see her delicate body trembling slightly.
The scene before him was like the aftermath of a scene in an adult anime, making Ye Yun frown.
"This couldn't have been..."
But looking at her white dress, though messy, it was still neat. The worst had likely not happened.
After a moment's thought, Ye Yun decided to save her first.
He immediately stepped forward, shattered the blood-red light barrier with a palm strike, then crouched before Hong Ling, shaking her shoulder and shouting.
"Miss Hong Ling, wake up! Are you alright?!"
As if hearing her name, Hong Ling finally reacted, slowly lifting her head, which startled Ye Yun.
For some reason, Hong Ling's cheeks were flushed, her beautiful eyes filled with mist, and she panted softly, her small lips emitting hot breaths.
Upon seeing Ye Yun, her expression clearly became dazed.
"Ye... Yun?"
After uttering these two words with difficulty, she seemed to completely relax and tightly hugged Ye Yun, her arms around his waist, nuzzling him like a kitten.
She murmured as if in a dream.
"So hot... everything is so hot... uncomfortable..."
Hong Ling's entire body felt soft and weak, as if her body and soul were melting.
As for Ye Yun, feeling the soft, delicate body of the beauty and the intoxicating scent of youth, his face was covered in black lines.
"Who could withstand this... Damn it, he really left me a great surprise..."
At this point, even an idiot like him understood what had happened to Hong Ling; she had likely been given something that made her transform.
In that moment, a phrase instinctively surfaced in Ye Yun's mind: "If it's freely given, don't take it, it's rebellious."
At this, Hong Ling delivered another blow. She raised her head to look at Ye Yun, who was close at hand, and said in an extremely seductive tone.
"Ye Yun... I want to..."
Before she could finish the last word, she was struck on the back of her neck, instantly losing control and collapsing into his arms.
Ye Yun then took a deep breath, sighed, and glanced towards the door.
If this were elsewhere, it would be one thing. But if something happened here, wouldn't the three guys outside witness an astonishing spectacle?
He lowered his head to look at the feverish Hong Ling in his arms, reached out to sense her, and couldn't help but frown.
"Such a strange substance, it's actually integrated into her entire bloodstream and meridians..."
This scorching power, if not released, would likely cause great harm to her.
However, after several attempts, he still couldn't expel it. Moreover, Ye Yun didn't dare to infuse too much Xuan Qi, or it would instantly damage her body.
"Such a troublesome thing..."
Ye Yun sighed. If it were anyone else, it would be different, but Hong Ling had shown him kindness, so he had to do his best to protect her.
After pondering, he finally decided to take a risk and absorb the rampant medicinal power within her into himself, and then refine it with his peak Dao cultivation.
"I hope it succeeds..."
Ye Yun sighed softly. If this succeeded, it would be a story of a hero saving a beauty.
But if he failed, and couldn't refine the medicinal power, becoming like Hong Ling, the situation below would likely turn into an accident...
"Whatever, let's gamble."
The situation was urgent, and Ye Yun didn't think too much. He sat her down before him, placed his hands on her back, and began to absorb the raging, scorching medicinal power within her.
Before long, Ye Yun felt a surging heat flow into his body.
He quickly understood Hong Ling's feelings; his entire body felt like it was set ablaze by the medicinal power, becoming hot, with a primordial force gathering within him.
Fortunately, he promptly used the cold Xuan Qi infused with the Ice Phoenix bloodline to suppress it slightly and gradually began to refine it.
But he had miscalculated one thing: the amount of this scorching medicinal power was astonishingly large...
"Damn it, is that guy out of his mind? Even a pig wouldn't use such a large dose!"
However, Ye Yun soon lost the energy to complain. After absorbing all the medicinal power from Hong Ling's body, even his clear consciousness began to blur.
The most obvious point was that he found the partially revealed, curvaceous Hong Ling increasingly alluring.
"No... how can I fall here!"
Ye Yun bit his tongue, forcing himself to regain some clarity.
He slowly leaned against a nearby pillar, staggered to his feet, and looked elsewhere, doing his best to maintain his Dao heart to steady his mind.
"Form is emptiness, emptiness is form..."
Ye Yun didn't know what he was chanting, but he was doing his best to divert his attention, not to think about women, and even more so, not to look back at Hong Ling, or his mind would truly spiral out of control.
He steadied his mind, continuously refining the scorching medicinal power. If this had continued for a while, he would have regained control.
But at this moment, a heavenly, gentle female voice echoed through the hall.
"What are you doing, you guy? Have you figured it out yet? Or have you already died in there?"
This sudden exclamation sent Ye Yun's already precarious consciousness plunging into an abyss.
And this teasing voice came from Xing Wu at the entrance of the hall.
The three outside, seeing Ye Yun hadn't come out for a long time and hearing no movement from inside, worried he might have encountered some accident and intended to go in together to see what had happened.
"Elder Ye?"
"Hey, Elder Ye, are you alright?"
Yu Ruofeng and Lan Aotian called out twice, but received no response.
It was Xing Wu who, at a glance, saw Ye Yun standing motionless, leaning against a pillar in the hall.
Before the two beside her could react, she frowned slightly. Disregarding the danger, she instantly appeared beside Ye Yun.
Xing Wu gently patted his shoulder and said, "Hey, what are you spacing out for? What exactly happened, you guy?"
Perhaps due to excessive concern for Ye Yun's safety, she automatically overlooked Hong Ling, who was disheveled beside him.
But Xing Wu never expected that after hearing her voice, Ye Yun would suddenly look up at her, then reach out and grab her wrist.
"Ye Yun?"
This action stunned even Xing Wu, but before she could understand what was happening, she felt a powerful grip on her wrist, which directly pushed her against the nearby stone pillar.
This thoroughly enraged Xing Wu. Her pretty face clouded over, and she looked at Ye Yun, saying in an extremely stern voice.
"I think you're looking for..."
But before she could finish the word "death," she felt her lips being sealed.
Looking at Ye Yun's face, so close, Xing Wu was completely stunned.
Yu Ruofeng, who had followed them in, was also dumbfounded. As for Lan Aotian, his mouth hung open, and after a long time, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"Elder Ye... so fierce?"